22. Most ships (a)move through the Suez Canal (b)with (c)their own power, but large ships (d)must be assisted by a tugboat. (e)No error

23. (a)The origin of amusement parks lie in ancient and medieval religious festivals and trade fairs, (b)where merchants, entertainers, and food sellers (c)gathered (d)in order to take advantages of the large crowds. (e)No error

24. The newspaper (a)reported that despite the increase (b)in the minimum wage, many people (c)are still (d)having trouble making ends meet. (e)No error

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19. The Code of Hammurabi (a)consisting of 282 case laws, (b)or judicial decisions, (c)collected (d)toward the end of the reign of Hammurabi, the sixth king of Babylon’s First Dynasty. (e)No error

20. (a)More than 10,000 earthen mounds, (b)built by prehistoric Native Americans (c)for ceremonial purposes, (d)they have found in Minnesota. (e)No error

21. In order to (a)prepare for the speech he (b)was given to all of the parents and teachers at the school, George practiced speaking (c)in front of a group of (d)his friends. (e)No error

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25. The first public botanical garden in the United States, the Elgin Botanic Garden in New York City was established to provide plant materials for studying by medical students.

(a) for studying by medical students
(b) for medical students to study
(c) to medical students for their study
(d) for the study of medical students
(e) that medical students will study

26. Widely regarded as the greatest American chess player in history, Bobby Fischer’s prominence came as a child, winning the U.S. Open at the age of thirteen and becoming a grandmaster at age fifteen.

(a) Bobby Fischer’s prominence came as
(b) Bobby Fischer’s prominence came when he was
(c) it was Bobby Fischer coming to prominence as
(d) Bobby Fischer came to prominence as
(e) his prominence came to Bobby Fischer as

27. Johannes Gutenberg is generally credited to bring together the two main concepts of modern printing: movable pieces of metal type that could be reused, and a printing press for producing sharp impressions on paper over and over.

(a) to bring
(b) as he brought
(c) by bringing
(d) with bringing
(e) for the fact of bringing

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22. When preparing to write a research paper, you should gather information from books, periodicals, and the Internet, and your documenting of sources should be carefully done.

(a) and your documenting of sources should be carefully done
(b) and document your sources carefully
(c) and you should document your careful sources
(d) because your sources need to be documented carefully
(e) yet you need to carefully document your sources

23. Because it has rich limestone similar to the Rhine Valley, Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley attracted many German settlers who had brought traditional farming methods with them from home.

(a) the Rhine Valley
(b) the Rhine Valley did
(c) it has the Rhine Valley
(d) the Rhine Valleys
(e) that of the Rhine Valley

24. Catherine II of Russia died at 67, and her reputation still surviving as one of the forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe.

(a) 67, and her reputation still surviving as one of the forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe
(b) 67, however her reputation is surviving as one of the forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe
(c) 67, her reputation as one of the forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe stilll surviving
(d) 67; her reputation as one of the forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe still survives
(e) 67; and her reputation as being one of the more forward-looking, enlightened monarchs of Europe will always survive

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19. The ancient belief of all matter being in continuous motion seems borne out by modern discoveries about atomic structure.

(a) of all matter being in continuous motion
(b) is that all matter is in continuous motion
(c) which is that all matter is in continuous motion
(d) that all matter is in continuous motion
(e) of all matter that is in continuous motion

20. If Marcel Proust’s memory had not been felicitously stirred by the taste of a madeleine, he might never have been moved to write Remembrance of Things Past.

(a) had not been felicitously stirred by the taste of a madeleine
(b) had not been stirred by means of the felicitous taste of a madeleine
(c) were not to be felicitously stirred by the taste of a madeleine
(d) were not to be stirred by the taste of a felicitous madeleine
(e) should not be stirred by the felicitous taste of a madeleine

21. The game hadn’t ended yet, but Sarin knows that his chances of winning are slipping away by the second and he needs a miracle.

(a) knows that his chances of winning are slipping away by the second and he needs a miracle
(b) knew that he had no chance of winning and in a second he would need a miracle
(c) knows that winning is a long shot and that he needs a miracle
(d) knew that his chances to win were slipping away by the second and a miracle is what he needed
(e) knew that his chances of winning were slipping away by the second and he needed a miracle

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16. Two of Charles Dickens’ (a)most famous characters, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, were (b)an orphan who (c)fell upon hard luck as children, (d)but found happiness later in life. (e)No error

17. A (a)number of horticultural arts, (b)including bonsai and ikebana, (c)began (d)in Japan. (e)No error

18. When my sister and (a)me visited the (b)eulogized city of Troy, we noticed it was much smaller (c)than the epic (d)tales had suggested. (e)No error

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16. Laura Southworth, a children’s author who is beginning to attract the notice of critics and librarians alike, wrote and illustrated her first story Tika and she was only seven years old then.

(a) and she was only seven years old then
(b) at age seven years old only
(c) when she was only seven years old
(d) upon the reaching of only seven years
(e) at the time when she was only seven

17. Many building technologies are changing significantly in the last two thousand years, but today’s concrete is still similar to the concrete of Roman times.

(a) are changing
(b) have changed
(c) had changed
(d) are going to change
(e) change

18. The video class that meets on Thursdays makes use of the innovative software MAYA, which enables students to design and build a virtual stage set, a home, or even a city in three dimensions.

(a) makes use of the innovative software MAYA, which enables students to design and build
(b) using the innovative software MAYA and enabling students to design and build
(c) besides making use of the innovative software MAYA, enables students to design and build
(d) because it makes use of the innovative software MAYA, it enables students to design and build
(e) not only making use of the innovative software MAYA, but also enabling students in the design and building of

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13. Larger (a)in area (b)than Europe, the icy continent (c)surrounds the South Pole (d)is called Antarctica. (E)No error

14. (a)Although not the (b)first animated feature film, Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first animated film (c)to use up-to-the-minute techniques (d)as well as achieving widespread release. (e)No error

15. Audio recordings, and the equipment (a)used to make and play them, (b)comes in (c)many forms, (d)including records, CDs, and analog digital tape recorders. (e)No error

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13. Warmer coastal air and water has accelerated melting in Antarctica’s ice shelves and increased the flow of glaciers into the sea.

(a) has accelerated melting in Antarctica’s
(b) has accelerated Antarctica’s melting
(c) having accelerated the melting of Antarctica’s
(d) accelerated Antarctica’s melting
(e) have accelerated the melting of Antarctica’s

14. A Raisin in the Sun won for its author Lorraine Hansberry the distinction of being the first African American to receive the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

(a) of being the first African American to receive
(b) to be the first African American receiving
(c) of the first African American to receive
(d) that she had been the first African American to receive
(e) that she was to be the first African American having received

15. Females were not allowed to compete in the Olympic games of ancient Greece; they were not even allowing them to watch it.

(a) allowing them to watch it
(b) allowed to watch them
(c) allowed watching
(d) allowed watching them
(e) allowing their watching

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10. (a)Although it is not a fast runner, (b)wolves can maintain a loping run for many miles, (c)running throughout the night (d)if necessary. (e)No error

11. Ballet, modern dance, and Indian classical dance (a)is a form of theater dance, the dancers usually (b)highly trained professionals (c)performing for audiences (d)in particular venues and on special occasions. (e)No error

12. From its modest beginnings (a)as a series of brief vignettes to (b)its establishment as the longest-running prime-time animated series on television, The Simpsons (c)transformed the way (d)both the audiences and television programmers view the animated sitcom. (e)No error

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